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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Chapters: Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano, Valentino Garavani, Alexander McQueen, Norman Hartnell, Leigh Bowery, Christian Siriano, Richard Blackwell, Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford, Ossie Clark, Orry-Kelly, Jack Mackenroth, Marc Jacobs, Christopher Straub, Hardy Amies, Adrian, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Francisco Costa, Patricia Field, Dolce & Gabbana, Gianni Versace, Pierre Cardin, Jay McCarroll, Michael Kors, Zac Posen, Keith Michael, Hubert de Givenchy, Jason Wu, Clodovil Hernandes, Matthew Williamson, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Santino Rice, Rudolph Moshammer, Thom Browne, Perry Ellis, Arnold Scaasi, Nick Verreos, Rick Owens, Rudi Gernreich, Egon von Fürstenberg, Kayne Gillaspie, Christopher Bailey, Tommy Nutter, Giancarlo Giammetti, Rohit Bal, Willi Smith, Dries van Noten, Ben de Lisi, Scott Henshall, Simon Doonan, Wendell Rodricks, Emilio Cavallini, Alexander Wang, Daniel Vosovic, Richie Rich, Prabal Gurung, Edgar Vos, Badgley Mischka, Carlos Tufvesson, Chris March, Victor Stiebel. Excerpt: Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (born 11 May 1932), best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines were Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino. Valentino became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, Lombardy, northern Italy, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini. Valentino then moved to Paris to pursue this interest with the help of his mother Teresa de Biaggi and his father Mauro Garavani. There he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. His first choice for an apprenticeship, in Paris, was Jacques Fath, then Balenciaga. He found an apprenticeship with Jean Desses where he used to help style icon countess Jacqueline de Ribes sketch her dress ideas. He then joined Guy Laroche for 2 years. At Jean Desses, Valentino sketched furiously, between helping with window dressing and greeting clients for the daily 2:30 pm private showings. Most of his early sketches were lost. At a Rome exhibition in 1991 a smattering went on display and current clients at that time such as Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and Elizabeth Taylor marveled that the DNA of Valentino's style was already apparent in the layers of white pleats and animal prints. A wedding dress by ValentinoAfter five years, Valentino left Jean Desses under a cloud over an incident about prolonging a vacation in Saint-Tropez that still makes him wriggle uncomfortably today. Rescued by his friend Guy Laroche, he joined his "tiny, tiny" fashion house. After discussions with his parents, he decided to return to Italy and set up in Rome in 1959. In 1959 Valentino 'left Paris and moved back to Italy and opened a fashion house in Rome on the posh Via Condotti with the backing of his father and an associate of his. More than an atelier, the premises resembled a rea